[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17962-17963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7615]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[USGS-GX11CY00STF0000]
Strengthening the Scientific Understanding of Climate Change
Impacts on Freshwater Resources of the United States
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of feedback.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), announce the
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availability for public comment of draft report titled ``Strengthening
the Scientific Understanding of Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater
Resources of the United States''. The report reviews key issues related
to freshwater resource data and climate change and identifies next
steps to improve the Nation's capacity to detect and predict changes in
freshwater resources that are likely to result from a changing climate.
DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before April 22,
2011.
ADDRESSES: We have posted our draft report at http://acwi.gov/Rpt.Congress3.18.11.pdf. You may submit comments to [email protected]
(e-mail). Please include ``9506 Report'' in the subject line of the
message, and your full name and return address in the body of your
message. Please note that we will not respond to any e-mail messages
once the public comment period closes. Alternatively, you may submit
comments or recommendations by mail to: T. Schertz; U.S. Geological
Survey; 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 412; Reston, VA 20192.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T. Schertz, 703-648-6864.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft report was prepared in response to
Section 9506 of Public Law 111-11 by an interagency team of water data
program managers and scientists. The interagency team cooperated with
the Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality (SWAQ), an
interagency subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council
(NSTC) Committee on Environment Natural Resources, and Sustainability
(CENRS) and the Federal Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task
Force and its Water Resources Workgroup. The interagency team also
collaborated with a range of interested parties including the Advisory
Committee on Water Information (ACWI). The interagency team consisted
of representatives from the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.
Global Change Program, and Council on Environmental Quality.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. You can ask us
in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from
public review, but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Dated: March 25, 2011.
David J. Newman,
USGS Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2011-7615 Filed 3-30-11; 8:45 am]
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